The Flyleaf
Friends of Fondren Library
Vol. 53, No. 2
Summer 2003
Raymond and Susan Brochstein
Honored at Friends of Fondren Gala
A Letter to Friends
Dear Friends,
As my year as president draws to a close, I realize the great debt I
owe to the entire Friends of Fondren Library board. What a remark-
able group of people! We have had a great time throughout the year
and have several successful events to boast of this spring.
In February, Charles Maynard chaired and presided over the Rice
Authors' panel. Other panelists were Earl Black, Alan Grob, and Ed
Whalen. Charles, with his dry wit, is always the perfect moderator.
The gala on April 26th, honoring Susan and Raymond Brochstein,
was a truly elegant affair and was our second largest fund-raising
event ever. Many thanks to Vicky and Lucas Elliot for chairing the
event. Thanks also go to our long-time auctioneer Malcolm Gillis and
to first-timer John Wolf, both of whom had the crowd in stitches.
The Association of Rice Alumni honored two of our board mem-
bers on May 10, confirming what we already knew of their distinc-
tion and extraordinary service to Rice. Texas Anderson received the
Meritorious Service Award and John Wolf, the Distinguished Alumni
Award.
Georganna Barnes and Preston Frazier chaired the annual meet-
ing on May 20th. Our post-dinner speaker, King Walters, discussed
how scientists utilize the library and the new ways in which the library
meets the needs of those scientists. Preston's test-tube centerpieces
were a great hit. . . a wonderful way to finish up the year!
We will greatly miss the four board members who are retiring this
summer: Texas Anderson, Georganna Barnes, Mary Catherine Miller
and Michelle Shedd. These women have all contributed countless
hours to the work of this hands-on board.
Finally, we welcomed one new member to the board this spring:
Elizabeth Gillis, who hit the deck running! She lined up many of
the auction items for the gala and arrived early Saturday morning to
decorate, set up the auction display and place bookmarks in the pro-
grams.
We all look forward to another great year with Robins Brice as the
new president of the Friends.
Sincerelv,
QA^hJ
Karen Hess Rogers
Fondren Library
Founded under the charter
of the university dated May 18,
1891, the library was established
in 1913. Its present building was
dedicated November 4, 1949,
and rededicated in 1969 after a
substantial addition, both made
possible by gifts of Ella F. Fon-
dren, her children, and the Fon-
dren Foundation and Trust as a
tribute to Walter William Fon-
dren. The library celebrated its
half-millionth volume in 1965
and its one-millionth volume on
April 22, 1979.
The Friends
The Friends of Fondren Li-
brary was founded in 1950 as
an association of library sup-
porters interested in increasing
and making better known the
resources of Fondren Library
at Rice University. The Friends,
through members' contributions
and sponsorship of a program of
memorials and honor gifts, se-
cure gifts and bequests, and pro-
vide funds for the purchase of
rare books, manuscripts, and
other materials that are need-
ed to support teaching and re-
search at the university.
The Flyleaf
Founded October, 1950, The
Flyleafis published by the Friends
of Fondren Library, MS - 245,
Rice University, P.O. Box 1892,
Houston, Texas 77251-1892.
The Flyleafis a record of the activ-
ities of the Friends, the Fondren
Library, and the generosity of
the library's supporters. The Fly-
leaf is published three times in
each academic calendar year
and is also available online at
the Friends of Fondren web site
at http://ruf.rice. edu/~fofl/.
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Editors:
Dr. John E. Wolf, Jr.
Vice President, Publications
Mary Bixby
Photographs:
Tommy LaVergne
Mary Bixby
Layout:
University Publications
Contents
2003 Book Sale Page 4
Friends Honor 2002 Rice Authors Page 5
FOFL Announces 2003 Guest Lecturer Page 9
Friends of Fondren Gala Page 10
Treasures In The Attic PartV Page 17
Bookmark Page 19
Friends of Fondren Membership Page 21
Gifts to Fondren Library Page 23
Looking Ahead Page 28
Board of Directors 2002-2003
Officers
Karen Hess Rogers, President
Kyle Allen Frazier, Vice President,
Membership
John E. Wolf, Jr., M.D. Vice President,
Publications
Iris Lytle Ballew
Alan Harris Bath
Lucas T. Elliot
Edward B. "Teddy" Adams
Vice Presidents, Special Events
Lee Chatham Seureau, Secretary
Robins Brice, Treasurer
Directors
Texas Anderson, Ph.D.
Georganna Allen Barnes
John W. Brice
Elisa Macia Donovan
Lee Duggan, Jr.
Preston J. Frazier
Elizabeth Gillis
Mrs. Pamela S. Giraud
Frances Heyne
Mrs. Thomas W. Houghton
Frank G.Jones
Margaret Jordan, Ph.D.
Harriet Calvin Latimer
Charles D. Maynard, Jr.
Bonnie Bryan Mayor
Mary Catherine Miller
David L. Minter, Ph.D
Robert L. Patten, Ph.D.
Shirley R. Redwine
John C. Ribble, M.D.
Cathryn Rodd Selman
Michelle M. Shedd
Pamela Riley Smith
Mary Ellen Wilson
Ex Officio
Eugene H. Levy, Ph.D., Provost
Charles Henry, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Information Officer
John B. Boles, Ph.D., Chairman, University Committee on the Library
Mary D. Bixby, Executive Director
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2003 Book Sale
Teddy Adams, event chairman,
announced The Friends ofFon-
dren Library Book Sale will be
held October 24-26, 2003, in the
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Cen-
ter. The scheduled hours are listed
below:
Friday, October 24
Members' Preview Book Sale
and Reception
5:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m.
(Open to members of the Friends,
Rice faculty and staff only)
Saturday, October 25
Book Sale
9:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 26
Book Sale
1:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
The Friends have been col-
lecting, sorting, pricing, and
boxing books for almost two
years in preparation for this
much-anticipated event. Shop-
pers will find fiction, poetry,
history, science, cookbooks,
science fiction, children's
books, music scores, mysteries,
art, architecture, first editions,
signed books and much more !
Hardbacks will be priced at
$2, and paperbacks will be 50
cents. Better Books are priced
individually.
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Donations of books will be ac-
cepted until October 10. You
can drop your books off at:
Star Motor Cars at 7000 Katy
Road
• Monday - Friday, between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• Call 713-868-6800 if you
need directions.
• Please pack books in boxes
rather than paper bags. If
bags must be used, please
double-bag.
Paid parking is available at
several locations:
Central Campus Lot (un-
derground at the Jones Gradu-
ate School)
Stadium
North Lot at Entrance 13
off of Rice Boulevard
You must use a credit card
to access these lots.
Free parking is available
west of the stadium.
Customers will be able to
drive up to the west end of the
Student Center and pick up
books they have purchased.
For more information, please
contact the Friends of Fon-
dren office at 713-348-5157 or
fofl@rice.edu.
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Friends Honor 2002 Rice Authors
By Charles D. Maynard, Jr.
The Friends of Fon-
dren hosts an annual pre-
sentation and reception to
honor faculty, staff, alum-
ni and Friends of Fondren
who have published or
edited books or journals,
exhibited works of art in
a one-person show, or
composed musical works
during the preceding year.
In the friendly confines
of the Kyle Morrow Room at Fon-
dren Library at its most recent
such gathering in February, the
Friends recognized those hon-
orees in attendance and enjoyed
presentations by three authors.
Earl Black (Ph.D., Harvard
University), the Herbert S. Au-
trey Professor of Political Science
at Rice University, commented
on his work, The Rise of Southern
Republicans, published by Har-
vard Press, which he researched
and co-authored with his twin
brother, Merle Black (who, coinci-
dentally, was hired at Emory Uni-
versity by our own David Minter,
long-time Professor of English,
Interim Librarian and former
Rice University Provost) . The
Black brothers grew up in north-
east Texas, witnessing first hand
and chronicling the remarkable
transformation of the southern
electorate over the last 50 years
from one that voted solidly Demo-
cratic to one that now reflects the
entire political spectrum. In 1950,
of 105 U.S. Representatives from
the 11 southern states stretching
from Virginia to Texas, 103 were
Democrats, as were all southern
Earl Black, Alan Grob, Edward Whalen, Charles Maynard
Senators. This entrenched pat-
tern of voting all but ensured a
permanent Democratic majority
in the Congresses. By the year
2000, the size of the Congressio-
nal delegation had grown to com-
prise nearly 30% of all members
of the U.S. House of Representa-
tives, but the composition of the
combined delegations, totaling
131, had changed radically to 76
Republicans and 55 Democrats. A
similar shift had occurred in the
Senatorial delegations, where the
Republicans hold a 13 to 9 major-
ity.
Given the present composi-
tion of both houses of Congress,
wherein the Republican party
enjoys slim majorities, this trans-
formation is directly responsible
for the Republican ascendancy.
Although they characterize the
"growth of competitive two-party
politics in the south [as the] big-
gest story of modern American
party politics," the authors are
quick to stress that it has not giv-
en rise to Republican dominance,
but rather to an electorate divid-
ed into three components: con-
servative Republican adherents,
liberal Democratic adher-
ents, and an independent
moderate middle, now the
battle ground and swing
vote for both parties.
Dr. Black attributed
the transformation in
great part to the Reagan
presidency, calling Mr.
Reagan a "key figure" in
that he "made the Re-
publican party a comfort-
able institution for conservative
southerners," drawing conserva-
tives from the Democratic to the
Republican party, but in numbers
sufficient only to make southern
politics competitive rather than
dominated by one party. The in-
dependent, moderate middle is
necessary for either party to win,
party partisans not enough to do
it alone for either major party. In
his view, the outcome of the 2002
presidential election is confirma-
tion that is "hard to overstate the
national impact" of this transfor-
mation.
Long-time Rice Professor of
English, Alan Grob (Ph.D., Uni-
versity of Wisconsin), discussed
his recently published A Long-
ing Like Despair: Arnold's Poetry of
Pessimism. Consistent with the
notion that Rice University is
both a great teaching and a great
research institution, Dr. Grob
prefaced his remarks by saying
that his "writing comes out of his
teaching" and traced his inter-
est in Arnold and his production
of the book to the course of his
career which necessitated his
teaching of Victorian literature
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upon his arrival at Rice although
his major focus had been roman-
tic literature that preceded it. In
what he described as a "series of
close readings of poems held to-
gether by two central ideas," Dr.
Grob sketched the philosophical
context in which Arnold worked,
acknowledging his own approach
to poetry "in philosophical
terms."
He offered insights into
Arnold's poetics, examining it
against the backdrop of the philo-
sophical pessimism espoused by
Arthur Schoepenhauer, Arnold's
contemporary, who, among
other post-Kantian philosophers,
searched for ultimate reality in
the face of the breakdown of re-
ligion. Whereas some romantics
glorified nature as God, Scho-
epenhauer spoke of a "blind striv-
ing will antithetical to our desires
and interests," an observation not
inconsistent with the theories of
Darwin that emerged at the same
time, abandoning more tradition-
al teleological views of reality.
Drawing on his own readings
of Freud, particularly his theory
of anxiety, Dr. Grob suggested
that Arnold's poetic insight was
linked to his anxiety arising from
the antithetical in human aspira-
tion and experience. Citing his
love poetry, which he described
as "very unusual," generally either
ending or beginning in loss, he
discussed Arnold's series of Mar-
guerite poems about Arnold's
early love interest, whom he met
in Switzerland prior to his mar-
riage and whose real identity is
unknown to this day. It is evi-
dent to Dr. Grob from Arnold's
poetry that Arnold viewed their
relationship as one doomed by
differences, social or otherwise,
which made it impossible, recog-
nizing frustration even in desire.
In the poem from which the title
of his book comes, Arnold likens
mankind to islands in a com-
mon sea, separate though able
to appreciate, contemplate and
desire connection but appalled
by the alien sea surrounding
and cutting them off from one
another. He focuses on the need
for connection, suggesting that it
once existed, even if only by vir-
tue of a common dilemma, when
he says "Oh might our margins
meet again," recalling the imag-
ery of John Donne but drawing
a decidedly different conclusion,
our "longings soon as kindled
cooled." Interestingly, Dr. Grob
attributed none of this frustra-
tion and anxiety to something so
simple or superficial as Victorian
propriety, finding much deeper
meanings in Arnold's work.
The concluding presentation
was made by Dr. Edward Whalen
(Ph.D., Princeton University), the
retired CFO of the University of
Houston and a member of the
Friends of Fondren. He described
his book, A Guided Tour of the
United States Economy: Promises
among the Perils, as a "retirement
project" with the twofold aim
of maintaining his sanity and
forestalling senility, and then
proceeded to present a fascinat-
ing summary of his analyses of
changes in the U.S. economy dur-
ing the period coinciding with
his working years, 1959 to 1999.
Analyzing and explaining how
national income statistics and
the gross domestic product are
calculated, he observed that dur-
ing that same period there has
been a twenty-fold increase in
the latter from $500,000,000 to
$20,000,000,000 annually which,
adjusted for inflation, still results
in four-fold growth in the GNP.
Again both avoiding and illustrat-
ing the dangers of drawing easy
conclusions, he said that, even if
one factors in the accompanying
growth in population numbers,
per capita production increased by
two-and-a-half times during the
same 40-year period.
In conclusion, he happily sug-
gested that there is "no reason
why this pattern of growth and in-
creasing prosperity might not con-
tinue," asserting that the United
States would remain a "remarkable
engine of productivity" for years
to come, welcome news as we ap-
proach what many hope to be the
end of bear market correction and
the eve of another bull market.
In responding to a question
put to him at the conclusion of
his remarks, he explained that,
although national income statistics
conceal what many perceive as
increasing disparity in income lev-
els, the number does not include
transfer payments which directly
impact the disparity and suggested
that a "rising tide lifts all."
Following their formal pre-
sentations, each of the speakers
responded to provocative and in-
sightful questions from an appre-
ciative audience before retiring to
the reception that followed.
Rice is indeed both a great
teaching and research institution
as evidenced by the scholarly out-
put of its faculty funds and alumni
showcased each year for the
Friends of Fondren Library. The
Friends will again honor Rice au-
thors, artists and composers with
a presentation and reception open
to the entire Rice community in
February 2004.
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The 2003 honorees and their most recent works:
Jeff Abbott
Nomy Arpaly
Yildiz Bayazitoglu
Philip Bedient
Earl Black
John Boles
Logan Browning
Jane Chance
Yoosoon Chang
H. Tristram Engelhardt
Jim Faubion
Stephen Fox
Ombretta Fran
Jennifer M. George
Ron Goldman
Beatriz Gonzalez-Stephan
Jean-Joseph Claude Gonx
John Graves
Alan Grob
Keith Hamm
Marian Hillar
Robert Bradley Jackson
Dean James
Darra Keeton
Ken Kennedy
Marek Kimmel
Stephen L. Klineberg
JeffreyJ. Kripal
Elizabeth Wittenmyer Lewis
Randall McCabe
K Krueger McDonald
Thomas McEvilley
Larry Mclntire
Susan Keech Mcintosh
Linda M. McNeil
Helena Michie
Atieno Odhiambo
Joon Park
Robert L. Patten
John Polking
M. Rafael Salaberry
Blackjack Point
Unprincipled Virtue: An Inquiry Into Moral Agency
Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division 2002, vols. 1-7
Hydrology and Flood-plain Analysis, 3rd ed.
The Rise of Southern Republicans
Ed., The Journal of Southern History
Ed., SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Tolkien the Medievalist
Ed., Agnes Blannbekin, Viennese Beguine: Life and Revelations
Time Series Analysis
Bioethics and Moral Content: National Traditions of Health Care Morality
The Shadows and Lights of Waco: Millennialism Today
Ed., The Ethics of Kinship: Ethnographic Inquiries
The Architecture of Phillip Johnson
Taccuino di Harvard
Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior, 3rd ed.
Pyramid Algorithms
Fundaciones: Canon, Historia y cultura Nacional, La Historiografia literania
del liberalismo hispanoamericano del siglo XIX
The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice
The Earth Remains Forever: Generations at a Crossroads
A Longing Like Despair
Ed., Legislative Studies Quarterly
Michael Servetus Intellectual Giant, Humanist, and Martyr
The Earth Remains Forever: Generations at a Crossroads
Posted to Death
"Theory of Forgetting" Islip Art Museum, Sept. 25 -Nov. 17
Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures
Ed., The Sourcebook of Parallel Computing
Branching Processes in Biology
Houston's Economic and Demographic Transformation
Crossing Boundaries: Essays on the Ethical Status of Mysticism
Queen of the Confederacy: The Innocent Deceits of Lucy Holcombe Pickens
"New Paintings" Joan Wich & Co. Gallery, April 6 - May 11
Ed., SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
The Shape of Ancient Thought
Ed., Annals of Biochemical Engineering
Fouilles a sincu bara, un site de L Age de Fer dans la Moyenne Vallee du Senegal
Ed., American Educational Research Journal
Ed., Nineteenth- Century Geographies: The Transformation of Space from the
Victorian Age to the American Century
Ed., The Challenges of History and Leadership in Africa: the Essays ofBethwell
Allan Ogot
Time Series Analysis
Ed., SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Differential Equations with Boundary Value Problems
Ed., The L2 Acquisition of Tense- aspect Morphology
Summer 2003 7 M
David W. Scott
Masayoshi Shibatani
Robin C. Sickles
Dariusz Skorczewski
Pol D. Spanos
Ewa M. Thompson
James Thompson
Mason B. Tomson
Linda Torczon
Maarten van Delden
Anestis Veletsos
C.H. Ward
Edward L.Whalen
Michael Wolf
Patricia Wynn
Edith Wyschogrod
Ed., Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
Ed., The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal Manipulation
Unlocking the Assets: Energy and the Future of Central Asia and Caucasus
Spory o kyrtyke literacka 10 Dwudziestoleciu miedzywojennym
Ed., International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
Ed., Journal of Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics
Witold Gombroivicz, 2 nd ed.
Ed., Sarmatian Revieiu: A Tri- Quarterly Journal on Central and Eastern
Europe
Models for Investors in Real World Markets
Focus Area 3, Contaminant- Soil Interaction
Sourcebook of Parallel Computing
El laberinto de la solidaridad: Cultura y politico en Mexico (1910-2000)
Mitigating the Earthquake Hazard
Ed., Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
A Guided, Tour of the United States Economy: Promises among the Perils
Ed., Journal of Geometric Analysis
Ed., Walther Rudin Book Series
Ed., Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
The Spider's Touch
Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice
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FOFL Announces 2003 Guest Lecturer
The Friends are pleased to
announce that the 2003 Distin-
guished Guest Lecturer will be
Alex Jones who is Lecturer in
Public Policy and Director of the
Joan Shorenstein Center on the
Press, Politics and Public Policy.
He covered the press for The New
York Times from 1983-1992 and
was awarded the Pulitzer Prize
in 1987 for his articles on the
collapse of the Bingham family's
newspaper empire. In 1991, he
co-authored (with his wife and
fellow journalist Susan E. Tifft)
The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall
of the Bingham Dynasty. In 1992,
he left the Times to work on The
Trust: The Private and Powerful
Family Behind the New York Times
(also co -authored with Tifft in
1999), which was a finalist for
the National Book Critics Circle
award.
From 1993-1997 Jones was
host of National Public Radio's
"On The Media." He is currently
the host and Executive Editor
of PBS's "Media Matters." In
1998, Jones and Tifft were jointly
named Eugene C. Patterson Pro-
fessor of the Practice of Journal-
ism at Duke University. Jones has
served three times as a juror for
the Pulitzer Prize competition.
In 1981-82 he was Nieman Fellow
at Harvard. He is on the advisory
boards of the Columbia Journalism
Review, the International Center
for Journalists, the Committee of
Concerned Journalists, and the
Center for Strategic International
Studies. He is a graduate of
Washington and Lee University.
The lecture will be held at
5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October
19, 2003, at the Shell Audito-
rium, Jones Graduate School of
Management. The Patriarch and
The Trust will be available for
purchase and Mr. Jones will be
available to sign them during the
reception following the lecture.
Comments on The Trust
"With unconditional access
to Times archives, Tifft and Jones
have erected what promises to be
a lasting history of the titanic me-
dia clan, deftly mixing personal
stories of the German-Jewish fam-
ily in moments of official glory
and tawdry embarrassment, with
the definitively public sagas of the
paper itself." — Publishers Weekly
"In seamless authoritative
prose, with rich, uncluttered de-
tail, precise characterizations and
a solid sense of historical context
and social dynamics, the authors
relate how four generations of
Ochses and Sulzbergers built the
Times." — The New York Times
"Never has the good gray
Times seemed so colorful— and
human." — Dallas Morning News
Comments on The Patriarch
"The Patriarch should stand
up as the definitive text on the
matter. ... A compelling yarn." —
The Boston Globe
"The story of the Binghams'
disintegration has been told re-
peatedly over the last few years,
but now comes what will no doubt
be the last word — The. Patriarch,
an uncommonly well researched
and elegantly written book." — The
Washington Post
"Through prodigious re-
search, Tifft and Jones have
written the best kind of family
history — one so packed with ar-
chival fact and telling anecdotes
that a reader can be excused
for believing at times he or she
understands the Binghams far
better than they seem to have
understood themselves." — The Los
Angeles Times
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Raymond and Susan Brochstein Honored at
Friends of Fondren Gala
On Saturday, April 26, 2003, the Friends of
Fondren Library again hosted "Fondren Sat-
urday Night," its twenty-third in a series of fes-
tive evenings to raise funds for the library. The
Friends were delighted to honor Raymond and
Susan Brochstein.
Lucas and Vicky Elliot, gala co-chairs, were
assisted by committee members Texas Anderson,
Iris Ballew, Elizabeth Gillis, Margaret Jordan,
Harriet Latimer, Shirley Redwine, Cathryn Rodd
Selman, Karen Rogers, Lee Seureau, and Mary
Ellen Wilson. This group contributed countless
hours in planning, obtaining auction items, dec-
orating and undecorating.
Susan and Raymond Brochstein
Lucas and Vicky Elliot
Steven and Deborah Brochstein Hecht
Bob Clarke, Linda Anderson, Puddin Clarke, Kent Ander-
son
In keeping with the recent tradition of a new
gala venue every year, the committee chose The
Warwick for the 2003 event. Guests began arriv-
ing at 7:00 p.m. to discover a plethora of silent
auction items: Rice sports memorabilia, dinners
at fine restaurants, framed art, tickets to cultural
events, books, decorative items, and much more.
Guests entering the ballroom for dinner were
delighted by owl centerpieces surrounded by can-
dles — the inspiration of Vicky Elliot and donated
by her mother, Tassie Nicandros.
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Karen Hess Rogers, president of the Friends
of Fondren, introduced Raymond and Susan
Brochstein and described their contributions to
Rice:
Raymond Brochstein received his B.A. in ar-
chitecture from Rice in 1955, followed by a B.S.
in the same field in 1956. He is now president of
Brochsteins, Inc., a manufacturer of custom-de-
signed commercial furniture and architectural
woodwork. As a Rice alumnus, Raymond has
served as class chair and as a member of the
Rice University Fund Council. He also served as
chairman of Rice's Architectural Advisory Coun-
cil and is the 1996 recipient of the Design for
Excellence award from the Rice Design Alliance.
Susan grew up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and
graduated from Sophie Newcomb College where
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Women's Institute for many years, while also sup-
porting the couple's efforts at Rice and attending
to their two now-grown children, Benjamin and
Deborah.
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Mr. Brochstein served on the Rice University
Board of Trustees from July 1, 1998 until June
30, 2002. He served on the Academic Affairs
Committee, Buildings and Grounds Committee
and University Advancement Committee (now
called the Resource Development & Public Af-
fairs Committee.) He continues to serve on the
Buildings and Grounds Committee at the re-
quest of Mr. Barnett. He also continues to serve
as chairman of the Campus Art Subcommittee
and the Design Subcommittee, which are sub-
committees of Buildings and Grounds.
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The Brochsteins are Rice Associates and are
members of the William Marsh Rice and 1891
Charter Societies. Raymond and Susan have hon-
ored Rice University with a very generous gift of
approximately 30 acres of land on South Main
Street on which to build the new Library Service
Center. The Brochstein's gift provides the site for
a new facility making possible safe, convenient
off-campus book shelving, while affording the
opportunity to redesign Fondren to meet the
current and future needs of the Rice community.
The site is only 5.1 miles south of the main
Rice campus. Planning for the Library Service
Center was incorporated into the larger process
of developing a master plan for this "south cam-
pus." Future Rice "residents" of the south cam-
pus — when identified — will have the benefit of
this initial overall site planning as they develop
their own buildings on the new campus.
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Mary Catherine and Bill Miller
John Boles, Jeannette and King Walters
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Adele Pieper, Harriet and Truett Latimer
Maria Rao, Jill Foote and Adiel Eshkenazi, Paid Rao
Virginia Rorschach and Andy Todd
Karen Rogers and Lucas Elliot
Patten, Julie and Logan Browning, Jean Nolde Torie Riffle, Dana Jackson, Vicky Elliot, Tassie Nicandros
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The Friends ofFondren would like to thank the following
for their generous contributions:
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Benefactors
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Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Foundation
The President's Office - Rice University
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Sponsors
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D. Maynard,Jr.
Patrons
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dation
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Debbie and Frank Jones
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Greenwood King Properties
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Mrs. Truett Latimer
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and Doug Selman
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Elizabeth Baber
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President Malcolm Gillis and Elizabeth
Gillis
Chuck Henry
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Auction Donors
The Alley Theatre
American Shooting Centers/ Bill Ba-
con
Texas Anderson
The Antiquarium
benjy's in the Village
Brazos Bookstore
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Central Market
Da Camera
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The Daily Review Cafe
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Goode Co. Restaurants
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Treasures In The Attic
PartV
The Imperial Edicts
By Alan Harris Bath
The treasures in all our attics all have stories
- "Early Matrimonial" furniture, children's toys,
teenager's trophies - but few can match in history
and adventure the tale of the imperial edicts to be
found in the vault of the Woodson Research Cen-
ter, Fondren Library.
At the end of the nineteenth century and
again a few years later, Emperor Franz-Joseph of
Austria-Hungary bestowed edicts, statements of
nobility, on Karoly Kuffner, a wealthy Hungarian
landowner, brewer and cattle raiser. It is said that
Baron de Kuffner - as he and his heirs were now to
be known - received the honor as reward for the
quality of beef provided to the imperial table. Ex-
perts have described the edicts as rare documents,
hand-lettered on vellum and "bound in tooled
leather, lavishly embellished with the Hapsburg
crest, in enamels and gold, banded in chased gold,
set with topaz, pearl, ruby, and turquoise stones."
The leather bound edict, measuring 15 1/2" x 12", with the
seal and wooden case
Upon his father's death the title and the edicts
passed to his son, Baron Raoul de Kuffner, as did
one of the largest landholdings in the Austro-Hun-
garian Empire. In Paris, sometime around 1928,
the Baron met Tamara de Lempicka, a painter,
whose fame was then growing, both as an artist
and as a leading member of the Parisian avant-
garde. The baron was soon fascinated by both
Tamara de Lempicka in the 1930s. Photo: Cecil Beaton
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the artist and her work. He
became an avid collector of
her paintings and, in 1934,
collected the artist in mar-
riage, following her divorce
and the death of his first
wife.
Tamara de Lempicka
was born in Moscow of a
Polish mother and Russian
father and raised in St.
Petersburg. She married Ta-
deusz de Lempicki shortly
before the Russian revolu-
tion. Both joined the flight
of Russian refugees to Paris,
arriving in 1918 with little
prospects and less money.
Tamara entered art school
and by 1920 was beginning
to sell her portraits, done
in a style that would come
to be known as "Art Deco."
Her fame and notoriety
reached their zenith in the
1920s and early 1930s.
Early on Baroness de
Kuffner recognized the
threat of Hitler's Germany and convinced her
husband to start quietly moving the wealth of his
Hungarian estates to safer grounds - first to Swit-
zerland and then, bit by bit, to the United States.
In this secret transfer were numerous art objects,
china, books, and antiques, including the imperial
edicts.
The de Kuffners left Europe and settled in
New York, after a brief fling in California where
Tamara was touted as "Hollywood's favorite art-
ist." The Baron died in 1962 and shortly thereafter
Tamara moved to Houston to be near her grand-
children and daughter, Kizette, who was married
to Harold Foxhall, chief geologist for Dow Chemi-
cal. The edicts came with her. In 1966 Tamara de
Kuffner donated the two edicts to Rice University.
They remained in the vault of the Treasurer's of-
fice until 1972 when they were transferred to the
Portrait of a Man
(Incomplete) (Portrait
of Tadeusz de
Lempicki), 1928
Woodson rare book holdings.
The Baroness later moved to
Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she
died in 1980.
Why Rice? Perhaps no
more reason than a wish, born
of propinquity, to enrich the
university's cultural holdings.
When she first came to Houston
the Baroness occupied a suite at
the Warwick. Later she moved
to the Regency House on Wes-
theimer, still close enough to
the campus and its people and
activities to stimulate her inter-
est.
Tamara de Kuffner made
other gifts to Rice - rare books,
furniture, china, and silver
from her husband's estates.
These remain in various loca-
tions around the campus. But
that's another story.
Autoportrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti), 1925
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Bookmark
What is the Fondren Library
staff reading?
The Flyleaf editors recently
queried the staff at Fondren
about current or recent "good
reads." Below are the intriguing
results, and you'll be pleased to
know that most of these books are
in the Fondren collection. Happy
reading!
Elizabeth Baber, Head, Database
Management
Ray, Jeanne. Eat Cake
Ruth is a middle-aged housewife
whose fantasy life consists of
dreaming up exotic cakes. With
a loving husband, a teen-aged
daughter who seldom speaks to
her, and a divorced mother afraid
to live alone after her house was
robbed, her home is full. But
then her husband loses his job,
and her father breaks both arms.
Although her parents hate each
other, Ruth has no choice but to
take in her helpless father. When
money problems begin to loom,
Ruth's delectable cakes offer a
possible solution. Told in a light
and whimsical fashion, this is a
delightful tale with a satisfying
ending.
Kim Williams, Library Receiving Clerk,
Acquisitions
The book Fve just finished read-
ing is Harry Potter and the Order of
the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling. It's
been a long wait for me because
I read the fourth book (Goblet of
Fire) about 3 years ago. With Ms.
Rowling taking her time in writ-
ing this book instead of worry-
ing about deadlines, the quality
of her writing has made this my
favorite of all the Harry Potter
books. I won't tell what the book
is about because the reviews have
told a bit of it already, and I don't
want to ruin it for the people who
haven't read it yet.
Brent Auerbach, Circulation Assistant
Woodward, Bob and Scott Arm-
strong. The Brethren: Inside the Su-
preme Court
The Brethren is a historical, non-
fiction account of our nation's
Supreme Court. Intensively re-
searched and written in 1979, the
book details Court proceedings
from 1969-1975 (the first years of
the Burger Court) . What is most
fascinating about the book is the
candid look it gives the reader of
the Justices: the personalities, the
bickering, the power plays, and
the political agendas. For anyone
interested in learning more about
civil rights, the seventies, the gov-
ernment, and how some of the
country's greatest minds think (or
often, don't think), I recommend
this book.
Shirley Wetzel, Cataloging Librarian
Charles H. Harris and Louis R.
Sadler. The Archaeologist was a Spy:
Sylvaniis G. Morley and the Office of
Naval Intelligence
As a graduate student in anthro-
pology, I was taught the credo of
the American Anthropological
Association: "Do no damage— ei-
ther to those whom we study or to
the reputation of our professional
community ... Do not deceive..."
Whenever I heard accusations
that anthropological field workers
were really government agents,
I scoffed at the idea. Scientists
would never do such a thing!
This fascinating book proved
me wrong. During World War I,
Sylvanus Morley, a prominent Ma-
yanist, was recruited by the Naval
Intelligence Office to gather
intelligence in Central America
on German activities. He was
not only a spy, the authors state
that he "was arguably the finest
American spy of World War I."
Several of his colleagues were also
involved in clandestine activities,
with more or less success: J. Alden
Mason said of his experience that
he was "the worst spy in the world.
I spilled the beans and broke
[our] cover." This book is both
enlightening and entertaining.
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Mary Ann Clark, User Services
Associate, Reference
Shlain, Leonard. The Alphabet ver-
sus the Goddess: The Conflict Between
Word, and Image. Shlain's basic
premise is that writing has the
pernicious effect of fostering a pa-
triarchal outlook such that post-
literate societies diminish femi-
nine values and women's power in
the culture. At 432 pages this is a
wide-ranging book that begins
with our hunter/gatherer ances-
tors and explores the develop-
ment of western society into the
21st century with short excursions
into Asian and Muslim cultures.
I'm only about halfway into this
work but find it both intriguing
and distressing. My two major
complaints are his tendency to
assume causality where it may or
may not exist and his disregard
for non-Eurasian cultures.
Chuck Henry, Vice President and CIO
This month I'm reading three
books that may seem discon-
nected in theme and approach
but are actually complementary:
Prehistoric Art: the Symbolic Journey
of Humankind by Randall White;
Enough: Staying Human in an Engi-
neered Age by Bill McKibbin; and
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of
Thomas (Elaine Pagels).
Helen Gibbs, Records Specialist,
Database Management
I'm reading Miracle Life of Edgar
Mint by Brady Udall. It is the story
of an orphan Indian boy. The
book begins with his surviving a
United States postal jeep being
driven over his head. I am enjoy-
ing reading this book despite the
fact that very few good things
happen to this child.
Alexis Latner, User Services Associate,
Circulation
I'm re-reading Dorothy Sayers'
Gaudy Night. Her writing is amaz-
ing! The opening scenes are
lush and leisurely - the Oxford
setting is idyllic and academic
- but there's a fugue of dark,
tense notes arising from Harriet
Vane's checkered history and
the fact that this is the first time
she's returned to her alma mater.
The effect on the reader is rivet-
ing. (Harriet's name, and Harry
Potter's, may owe something to
etymology from the word "har-
rowing"....)
Debra Cosby, Office Assistant,
Technical Services
Every Breath You Take by Ann Rule
is a story of obsession, revenge
and murder. Sheila Blackthorne
divorced her abusive husband and
remarried. She and her new hus-
band had quadruplets. Fearing
her ex-husband, the family moved
from Texas to Florida where she
was brutally murdered with the
toddlers in the room. Ann Rule
never fails to write a page-turner
and this was no exception. This
book can be found in the new
leisure reading collection on the
first floor of Fondren.
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Steinhauser-Ragsdale
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Dixon
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October i, 2002 - Apni jo, 2003 Endowed Gifts in Memory of/ Gifts in Honor of/
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Christopher Albert Kaeppel, M.D.
Robert K Blair, M.D.
Linda Lathrop Martin
Elsa and Roy Horlock
Mary Elizabeth Horn Matthews
Renee Block and Family
Dr. William B. McKinnev
Maybell and Virgil Harris
Donald H. McLeland
Mr. and Mrs. Gns Schill
Pamela R. Smith
Wallace Curry Mebane
Ann Wise
Isabel Mendoza
Fondren Library Technical Services
Salvatore "Sal" Militana
James W. Ragsdale
Alice Jan Flack Minatra '51
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank
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James Hoatson Moore '49
Pat and Elsie Moore
Eleanor F. Morgan
Ellis Rudy
The mother of Sandra Nabors
Frances A. Webb
Joseph Rice Neuhaus
Ralph S. O'Connor
Jim O'Brien
Florence and Bob Lait
Effie Parsons
Faculty Women's Club -
Rice University
Donald Piller 79
Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Engel and
Family
Betty Reeves
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodruff
Corrinne Richard
Ruth and Morris Brownlee
Prof. J. R. Risser
Calvin M. and Bernice L. Class
Cecilia Barnetche De La Rosa
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodruff
Dr. Dana Ryan
Dave and Kalhic McStmvick
Gerald L. Shroff
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Dyer Jr.
Catherine Anne Schnltz Siever
Jan and J. Venn Leeds, Jr.
Mattheiu and Tracy Novacich
Inez and Gerard Saxton
Raymond W Siever and Jan Smulcer
Ilba Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. James W Woodruff
Evelyn Coffey Stockard
Mr. and Mrs. James W Woodruff
Ruth Wilson Strawn
Jeanette and King Walters
Charles H. Swartz '49
W. T. Thagard, III
Ellen Thorn
Robert K. Blair, M.D.
Ann Cain Tibbets
Mrs. Helen Worden
Mary Elizabeth Tisdale Weichert
Morris and Ruth Brownlee
Jessie Crowl Weichert
Mary Chandler Kinzbach , Mary
Ellen and Dick Wilson
and Harriett and DeWitt Morrow
Rudolph E and Mary Elizabeth
Tisdale Weichert
Dr. and Mrs. Francis Catlin
Charlena Wilson Williams
David and Caroline Minter
Mary and Don Tobin
Frances A. Webb
Carmen Baumbach Womack '52
Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Eubank
Mary Frances Ellis Woodring
Clara Penniman
Mary E. and Alex Sherry
Eleanor and Jim Sugarman
Betty Wright
Florence A. Miller
Dolores Yawitz
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Woodruff
Charles Shafer
Anne Sloan
John Shanblum
Linda and Herbert Lesser-
Lynn and Armand Shapiro
Rudolph F. Weichert Jr.
Ruth and Morris Brownlee
Mrs. Jessie C. Weichert
Elbert Williams
Lynda L. Crist
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Membership
Membership in the Friends of Fondren Library is open to any individual over 18 years of age who is not en-
rolled in another educational institution. Membership contributions are as follows:
Recent Alumni (1-5 years since graduation from Rice)
Contributor
Sponsor
Patron $250
Benefactor $500
Library Fellow $1,000
Members of the Friends receive The Flyleaf and invitations to special programs and events sponsored by the
Friends. Members who are not already faculty or staff of the university receive library privileges. A maximum of
four books may be checked out for a period of 28 days, and a photo ID is required. Members must be at least 18.
Checks for membership contributions should be made out to the Friends of Fondren Library and mailed to Rice
University, Friends of Fondren Library MS 245, P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892, along with your pre-
ferred name and address listing and home and business phone numbers. Under Internal Revenue Service Guide-
lines the estimated value of the benefits received is not substantial; therefore the full amount of your gift is a de-
ductible contribution.
Gifts and Memorials Program
Rice University, Friends of Fondren Library — MS 245
P.O. Box 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892
□ In memory of
□ In honor of
□ On occasion of
Name .
Event or Occasion,
Please send an acknowledgment i
Name
Address.
City.
State/Zip
This space for contributor:
Name
Address .
City
State/Zip.
Under Internal Revenue Service Guidelines the estimated value of the benefits received is not substantial; therefore the full amount of your gift is a
deductible contribution. The average booh costs $50. All donations are greatly appreciated.
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Looking Ahead
Mark your calendars now for upcoming Friends ofFondren Library events.
Sunday, October 19, 2003
The Friends present Alex Jones as the 2003 Distinguished Guest Lecturer. The lecture will be
held at 5:00 p.m. in the Shell Auditorium, Jones Graduate School.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, October 24-26, 2003
The biennial book sale will be held in the Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center. Details inside!
Saturday, November 8, 2003
Friends of Fondren Library and Rice Engineering Alumni will host their an-
nual brunch and awards program at 9:30 a.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren
Library.
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Rice University
Friends of Fondren Library — MS 245
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Nonprofit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Houston, Texas
Permit No. 7549
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